Class Account Worksheet

Instructions:
Fill out a separate form for each class or each group of classes that are to be treated as a single group. When you have filled out all of the information press the Submit button at the end of the form. Remember, if you need to fill out more than one form, after submitting your first form, you may use your web browser's previous page option and overtype your first form with just the information that needs to be changed. If you have questions about how to fill out this form, contact Vickie Day in IT/Technical Support at x3358. If you do not receive confirmation of your request within 2 business days, please contact Vickie Day at x3358.

If you have questions about how to user your class accounts environment, you can receive assistance from Aaron Brink of IT/User Services by contacting the IT Help Desk at x2910 or via email to IT-Help@indstate.edu. You should also contact the help desk about any problems you may encounter after you and your students begin using your class accounts.

Be sure to read the short sections on computer lab reservations, class discussion email lists, and lab teaching discussion groups. Also, you may want to take advantage of IT/User Services Training for Academic Courses progam which is described in the Student Training Program and Policies web page. Refer to the IT/User Services Faculty Guide for more information about Information Technology resources for instructional computing.

Instructor's Name:
 Campus Phone:
Campus Address: Email address:
Semester:    Date accounts are needed:   
Mark all hosts for which accounts are needed:
Pearl
Netware 3.11 server supporting DOS, Macintosh, Windows 3.1, and Windows 95 applications, file serving, and print serving. The faculty account has access rights to all student accounts within the class group. A shared drive is mapped to I: which is exclusive to the class and if often used by the faculty to distribute files and documents to the students. The student can copy files from the I: drive, but cannot create or modify files on the I: drive. The instructor can create and modify files on the I: drive. A group name in the form of "#cccccs_g" where c=class, s=section, and "_G" is required to identify the item as a group identifier, (#SD3761_G, for example) is set up for each class. This can be used as the To: address by the instructor to send messages to all students in the class.
Hitachi
IBM CMS host supporting instructional COBOL, SAS, Assembly Language
Dec/Alpha
DEC OPEN/VMS host supporting instructional COBOL, FORTRAN, SPSS
Thunder
Unix host supporting instructional unix environment as well as personal student accounts
Course information for class:
(NOTE: all classes entered in a single form will be combined into one computer account group. If you want separate account groups, fill out a form for each class).
Special Requirements:
(For example, special disk space requirements, access to special applications such as Norton Textra Connect, etc., should be noted in this area. See the section on computer lab reservations for more information regarding computer labs.)
Handout(s) Required (duplication to be done by instructor):

Computer Lab Reservations:
Email discussion group (listserve) for your class:
If you are interested in a discussion group listserve to be set up for this class, see the ISU Class Discussion Groups section of the IT/User Services Guide to On-Campus Mailing Lists. Remember, a hypermail archive of the discussion group posting may also be requested as an option. If you have questions about listserves and hypermail, contact IT/Technical Support.
Lab Teaching Discussion Groups:
We recommend you join one of the following Information Technology listserves which were created especially for discussion of problems (and solutions) involving teaching in the Information Technology Computer Lab environments:

  • ISULabs
    This is a fully-moderated list managed by Troy Barkmeier, IT/User Services. Postings to this will be reviewed for problem analysis and summarization. These postings include questions, complaints, suggestions, and, most importantly, announcements from IT/User Services regarding the public computer labs. We highly recommend you join this list. To join, send email to maiser@amber.indstate.edu with SUB ISULabs "your-name" in the message body.

  • WinTeach
    This is an unmoderated list for faculty using Windows-based tools and applications as part of their curricula and IT/User Services staff who are responsible for support of the public labs. To join, send email to maiser@amber.indstate.edu with SUB WinTeach "your-name" in the message body.

  • MacTeach
    This is an unmoderated list for faculty using Macintosh-based tools and applications as part of their curricula and IT/User Services staff who are responsible for support of the public labs. To join, send email to maiser@amber.indstate.edu with SUB MacTeach "your-name" in the message body.
    

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